Lou Costello

Newton: Deputy Mayor Guillermo Cespedes, L.A.'s go-to guy on gangs

2011-09-12 00:00:00

There were 11 gang shootings in Los Angeles over this year's Father's Day weekend, a holiday that can be bittersweet for young men alienated from their fathers. Deputy Mayor Guillermo Cespedes, who heads Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's anti-gang efforts, was...

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 14, 1941

2010-11-14 16:32:37

Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'Wipeout' on ABC

2010-06-21 21:35:55

Dorothy Provine dies at 75; actress in 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' and 'The Roaring Twenties'TV series

2010-04-30 00:00:00

Dorothy Provine, who played the singing, high-kicking flapper in the early-1960s TV series "The Roaring Twenties" and appeared in the all-star movie comedy "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," has died. She was 75. Provine, a longtime resident of...

Anthony Hopkins on the secret of his spooky success: 'I like to act like a submarine'

2010-02-11 16:33:15

Takes One to Know One

2008-11-24 16:46:48

Comedian David Steinberg continues in his role as �ear��that is, a sounding board�to some of the funniest people working today. David Steinberg: Thank you for doing this. Jerry Seinfeld: This is one of my favorite things. The greatest thing about being a...

Harvey Korman, 81; versatile Emmy-winning comedian

2008-05-30 00:00:00

Harvey Korman, an Emmy-winning comedic actor best known for playing the self-described "luminous second banana" for a decade on television's "The Carol Burnett Show" and for starring in such Mel Brooks films as "Blazing Saddles," has died. He was 81....

Ebert and Siskel: Partners shared unique relationship

2013-04-04 15:21:00

This is a feature story from 1999. At the time, Sid Smith was a Tribune Arts Critic. � On the day of Gene Siskel's funeral, Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel suggested that the on-air chemistry between Siskel and Roger Ebert defied analysis....

Still keeping time at 100

2012-11-29 20:08:00

Viola Smith pulled up to her 100th birthday party in a pedi-cab and entered, appropriately, to a drumroll. As one of the first mainstream female drummers, Smith was a pioneer for women in music who earned her fame during World War II, a breakthrough...

Letters to the Editor: Oct. 28

2012-10-28 00:00:00

Senior center near golf course would be wonderful To the editor: As a 40-year resident of Willard Street, my family and I would absolutely love to see this senior center go in across the street from us. A few additional points that would make this...

WWII life comes back for a weekend in Williamsport

2012-10-13 18:04:00

Last month, the local focus was on the 150th anniversary of key battles in the Civil War. This weekend, Williamsport is remembering the times of World War II. There are encampments, re-enactments, stories, music and more at Springfield Farm. Even the...

Female Army vet shares stories from World War II

2012-10-05 07:41:00

It's been almost 70 years since a young New York City woman traveled from Brooklyn to Manhattan and enlisted in the U.S. Army. But for Florence "Flo" Miles, 90 and now living in Hagerstown, the memories are still vivid. Especially when she pages...

Part of the war involved keeping spirits up back home. Newsreels and popular entertainment was a part of that. This weekend, Joe Ziegler, left, and Bill Riley will portray the comic duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, here recreating the "Who's on first?" skit.

2011-10-05 15:50:18

Actor Joe Ziegler portrays comedian Lou Costello (of Abbott & Costello) during a cruise aboard the Liberty ship John W. Brown.

2011-06-25 00:00:00

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

2011-05-31 09:45:35